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As professionals who earn our living working with the soil, we, at times, don't take full advantage of Mother Nature.
We're in the business of building and maintaining landscapes; however, every once in awhile we get an opportunity to not only build and maintain a landscape, but to do it in a way that works with the environment.
Such was the case with Gardeners' Guild of Richmond, California.
About three years ago, they were asked to bid on the construction of an eco-green sustainable landscape on a residential property.
Twenty-five years ago, Gardeners' Guild began working with sustainable landscapes, starting with bugs. "Years ago, most people felt that the way to fix an insect problem was to spray with chemicals," says Kevin Davis, chief operations officer.
"Pest management was the first step in our 'sustainable landscape' approach. In fact, we brought in an entomologist to help develop a less toxic program, whereby we substituted beneficial bugs and organic fertilizer for pesticides and chemical fertilizers," Davis said.
"From there, we just kept going, and through trial and error we developed an entire sustainable landscape program. We call it 'LivingSolutions.' We take a science-based approach when working with a landscape. We focus on soil health and put great emphasis on irrigation efficiency."
Over the years, they have developed a sustainable maintenance program that includes ongoing monitoring of plants and irrigation systems and continuous testing of the soil.
With this particular property, the Gardeners' Guild faced a challenge. The project was to build an eco-friendly landscape for a high-end residential estate that had a Mediterranean theme. To complicate matters, it was being built at a time when the area was plagued by drought and under strict water conservation regulations. Gardeners' Guild decided to use organic materials wherever available, as that too would help conserve water. Fortunately, the homeowners were aware of the restrictions and they really wanted an eco-green sustainable landscape.
Surrounding the house, 12,000 square feet of outside area would be devoted to the landscape, which would include landscape lighting, water effects, and patios.
"Before we installed the first plant, before we turned the soil, we first performed a baseline soil assessment and comprehensive chemical and physical analysis of the property to check the health of the soil," explained Davis. "A healthy soil creates healthy plants that won't need chemical fertilizers or pesticides to maintain their vigor and appearance. It also increases the plant's drought tolerance and disease resistance."
Once the soil had been tested, the next step was to amend the soil. "We blended in microbial inoculants and alfalfa meal to achieve optimal soil fertility," says Davis.
"However, the fundamental organic product we use is worm castings.
The castings slowly release nutrients needed for healthy plant growth and increase production rates. They also help fight off disease and pests, as well as helping to improve the water-holding capacity of the soil, which helps reduce runoff," he said.
The next step of the company's sustainable practice was to perform an irrigation system diagnostic and initiate an ongoing water management program. Using smart weather-based controllers and installing a low-volume irrigation system throughout the property was a top priority.
"With a property as large as this one, the landscape usually requires more water than the average property," says Davis. "In Marin County, we have some of the most expensive water in the state of California.
It's allocated based on a tiered-rate system: the more water you use, the higher the tier and the more expensive the water."
"This site just passed its two-year audit for what is called a Tier-4 exemption," explained Davis," and is maintained using the lowest possible amount of water without compromising the plants' health. Passing the audit by the Marin Municipal Water District qualifies the client for the less expensive Tier-3 water rate for the next two years."
Selecting the proper plant material, using natives and drought-tolerant plants, is another part of the total program. More than 20 different plants were used on the site. In addition, permeable pavers were used for the patio, so the water could trickle down into the soil and not run off the property.
Once all of the elements were in place, Gardeners' Guild spent the next three months making certain that everything was growing and thriving. "We have a 90-day establishment period built into the construction portion of the work," says Davis. "In other words, we own the landscape for 90 days after we've installed it."
It was a good start, and after 90 days, Gardeners' Guild was awarded the maintenance contract; they have been maintaining the property for the past two years. Recently, Gardeners' Guild was honored with the Sweepstakes Award for best in the landscape maintenance category by the North Coast Chapter of the California Landscape Contractors Association.
"Maintaining a sustainable landscape isn't that much different from the weekly maintenance on other landscapes," says Davis. "But when you eliminate chemical fertilizers and pesticides from your maintenance tool box, some landscapes may involve more labor, for things like basic weed control. Your crew may have to physically bend down and do a bit more weed pulling by hand than you would if you were using an herbicide. So there are some elevated labor needs with a more sustainable program, and possibly a small 6% to 10% increase in the cost of using organic products. But
in the end, it's really worth the savings of water and the environment."
Gardeners' Guild is an employee-owned landscape management company, servicing both commercial as well as residential landscapes throughout the San Francisco Bay area.
The company truly provides LivingSolutions for your landscape.


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NEW YORK - Fish oil pills and B vitamins may be no help in warding off depression symptoms in people with a history of heart attack or stroke, a new clinical trial finds.
In fact, men who were randomly assigned to take fish oil actually ended up with an increased risk of depression symptoms.
The researchers caution, however, that it's not clear whether the fish oil is to blame. For now, they say, there's no evidence to support using fish oil or B vitamins to ward off depression.
What's more, it's not clear if people with cardiovascular disease should routinely use the supplements for any reason.
"Generally, it should be stressed that the dietary supplements that we studied are in fact active substances that, when taken over a long period and without a physician's advice, might not have positive effects on health," lead researcher Valentina A. Andreeva, of the University of Paris, said in an email.
And in fact, she added, long-term supplement use might have "adverse effects" in some people.
Studies have found that people who suffer depression after a heart attack or stroke tend to fare worse than their non-depressed counterparts. Researchers aren't sure why that is, but the findings have sparked interest in finding ways to prevent depression in heart disease and stroke survivors.
Fish oil has seemed like a good candidate because it's rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which are thought to be good for the heart -- and possibly for mental well-being.
Similarly, B vitamins could be helpful, in theory. Deficiency in the B vitamin folate, for instance, has been linked to a decline in the mood-regulating brain chemical serotonin.
But in the new study, Andreeva's team found that giving patients supplements -- of B vitamins, fish oil or both -- did nothing to prevent depression symptoms over nearly five years.
The findings, reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, are based on 2,000 middle-aged and older adults who'd suffered a heart attack, stroke or severe chest pain caused by clogged heart arteries.
Each was randomly assigned to one of four groups: one that took a mix of folate and vitamins B6 and B12 each day; one that took fish oil capsules; a third that used fish oil and B vitamins; and a fourth given placebo capsules.
Over the next three to five years, almost one-third of the study group had some degree of depression symptoms. And about seven per cent were found to have moderate to severe depression.
There was no evidence that the risk was any lower for people who'd been on B vitamins or fish oil, versus the placebo group. But among men, those on fish oil were 28 per cent more likely to develop some level of depression symptoms.
It's not clear what to make of that, the researchers say.
They point to another recent clinical trial that tested fish oil for preventing depression in older adults. And while those researchers found no benefits, they also found no increased risks.
For now, there appears to be no reason for people with a history of heart disease or stroke to routinely use fish oil or B vitamins.
Andreeva said that in earlier reports on this same study group, the researchers found that neither supplement cut the risk of future heart problems or stroke. Nor was there any evidence the supplements curbed cancer risk.
And another recent report, which combined the results of 14 past studies, reached similar conclusions: There's no clear evidence that fish oil prevents heart attacks or strokes in people with existing heart disease.
That does not, however, mean you shouldn't eat fish.
In fact, the American Heart Association and other groups recommend that people eat fish at least twice a week -- preferably fattier varieties, like salmon and tuna, that contain more omega-3.
Andreeva agreed on the importance of a healthy diet -- which also includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, fiber-rich grains and low-fat dairy.
As for preventing depression post-heart attack or stroke, it's not certain what works.
But Andreeva said that in general, it's thought that a healthful lifestyle -- staying physically active and not smoking, for example -- may help. There's also evidence that staying socially active offers a buffer against depression.
SOURCE: bit.ly/LILOBA American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, online May 30, 2012.

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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Like many small families we eat a lot of chicken and pork. They make it possible for us to have meals that can be eaten in one sitting without having to deal with leftovers. For years after the children were on their own, I'd use pork tenderloin because it was fast to make and always tender. We love pork chops, but cooking them properly and serving them before they become shoe leather isn't always easy. More often than not, they need to be brined to keep them moist and tender as they cook. While doing some reading in preparation for our, now completed, trip to China, I came across a recipe from Taiwan that used thin cut pork chops. I thought the recipe was worth a try and we've been delighted with the results ever since. If you like, a reduced sodium soy sauce or tamari can be used to marinate the chops. The chops should be no thicker than 3/8 of an inch. If yours are more than that, beat them to submission. While the marinade can be made in less than 5 minutes, the chops should laze in it for at least an hour before they're are cooked. Total cooking time is less than 5 minutes and, be forewarned, the chops will toughen if they are overcooked. I serve these right from the pan with scallion rice and a bean sprout salad. I know you're going to love these. Here's the recipe.
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2 tablespoons vegetable oil
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It looks like Gus Van Sant, Sofia Coppola, and Bill Condon have some company. The LA Times is reporting that Stephen Daldry, director of the Academy Award Winning, The Reader, The Hours, and Billy Elliott is in the Breaking Dawn hunt.
"Having already gone indie with Catherine Hardwicke, polished/commercial with Chris Weitz and genre auteur with David Slade for the franchise's first three movies, Summit clearly wants a high-end Oscar- prestige filmmaker to handle the fourth picture.
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Those credentials make taking on a global teen phenomenon seem unlikely, though there are reasons to think it could work. The director is well-versed in depicting forbidden love (a "Twilight" staple) with "The Reader" and "The Hours." And he's adept at themes of family alienation, also a franchise fixture, which ran under "Billy Elliot." Also, like most of the others, Daldry doesn't yet have a new film."


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Grease Finalist Kevin Greene '06
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The initial group was cut down to 24, and then finally 6 Dannys and 6 Sandys were selected to reach the semifinal round. Kevin was known as "Bellhop Danny" on the show. A native of—really—Greece, New York, he had been working as a bellhop at a Manhattan hotel while auditioning for theater roles.
While at Ithaca College, he played Kenickie in a 2005 IC Theatre production of Grease. Other stage appearances included roles in the Shakespeare comedy Twelfth Night and the Neil LaBute drama The Shape of Things. ICView readers may remember him from the cover of our 2004/4 issue, "Gen 3," in which he was featured with his father, Jeffrey Greene '76, and grandfather, Gareth Greene, M.S. '61.
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ESA's Optical Ground Station (OGS) on Tenerife, Canary Islands, joins the network of Earth-based observatories taking part in the one of world's largest astronomical observation campaigns - the Deep Impact event – on 4 July 2005.
On 4 July, NASA's Deep Impact mission will send a 370 kg copper projectile to impact on the nucleus of Comet 9P/Tempel 1. Tempel 1 is a short-period comet of the Jupiter family, whose orbit reaches a maximum distance out from the Sun to near that of Jupiter.
There is scientific interest in comets because their composition carries important information about the origin of the Solar System, as they have remained basically unchanged since then.
ESA's OGS is located at the Observatorio del Teide on Tenerife, and is situated at an altitude of 2393 metres. This telescope was originally built by ESA for tests with laser links, such as on SMART-1, and for space debris observations.
It was also used for the commissioning and later for periodic check-outs of the laser communication terminal on board Artemis, ESA's new data relay communication satellite.
The Tenerife site offers optimal conditions for Earth-to-space optical communications links, because to perform laser communication from ground to space, the sky must be perfectly clear, without any clouds. The path through the atmosphere must also be as short as possible.
Both conditions are satisfied at the Observatorio del Teide, which is situated above cloud level and is the closest point to the equator in an ESA member state.
ESA is also using the telescope for tests of newly developed camera systems and providing ground-based support for ESA missions. The current 'charged coupled device' (CCD) camera and long-split spectrograph mounted on the telescope are being used for monitoring of asteroids and comets in support of the Rosetta mission.
For Deep Impact, observations of the comet's pre-impact state will begin 1 July until 3 July 2005. At impact, observations will start on 4 July at about 22:30 CEST (beginning of twilight on Tenerife) and end about two hours later, when the comet gets too close to the horizon. After impact, observations will continue until 8 July.
As the ices of a comet nucleus evaporate, they expand rapidly into a large cloud around the central part of the comet. This is the 'coma', or the atmosphere, of the comet and can extend for millions of miles. The cloud is very thin, however, up to 10 000 times thinner than a cloud in Earth's atmosphere!
The OGS team will be imaging the coma brightness increase, coma morphology (gas and dust distribution) and dust colour after impact-induced outburst. The team will also carry out a spectroscopic analysis of coma composition before and after impact-induced outburst.
The comparison before and after the outburst provides information about the properties of cometary material coming from the interior of the nucleus, which is normally not accessible for any type of measurements.
The coma brightness and morphology provides information of properties of the outburst. The compositional analysis and the coma colours will prove information on whether the interior of the comet nucleus has a different composition and dust-size distribution than the near-surface material.


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You'll dine out on that one for years
I killed just a random person in Bruma. Nothing abnormal about that right?
He started rubberbanding through the city wall.
The same thing happened times ten when I did the quest for the guy with goblins storming his farm all of the goblins started rubberbanding through the ground.
You'll dine out on that one for years
ITT: Ulukai reveals his standards for dining


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Stuffed Company Ham
This beautiful ham and sweet baked pears make an extra special meal.—Violet Klause, Onoway, Alberta
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 3-1/2 hours
Makes12-14 servings
- 2 pounds bulk pork sausage
- 1 cup chopped celery
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 unpeeled apple, diced
- 3 cups soft bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup prepared mincemeat
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 1 fully cooked boneless ham (6 to 7 pounds)
- 1/2 cup apple jelly or honey
- 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 6 ripe pears, peeled, halved and cored
- 1 cup chutney
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Add the celery, onion and apple; cook over low heat until celery is tender, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in crumbs, mincemeat, parsley and thyme. Mix well.
- On top of ham, cut two full-length wedges, about 1 in. wide and 3/4 in. deep, 3 in. apart. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the stuffing into each wedge. Place remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-qt. covered baking dish; cover and refrigerate. Remove from refrigerator after the ham has baked for 1-3/4 hours.
- Place ham on a rack in a shallow roasting pan; cover loosely with foil. Bake at 325° for 2-1/4 hours. In a saucepan, heat jelly and mustard until jelly is melted. Brush some over ham; return ham to oven. Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes, brushing occasionally with jelly mixture. Place reserved stuffing in the oven and bake covered.
- For pears, mix water and lemon juice. Dip pears in water mixture; drain. Place cut side up in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Mix chutney and apple juice; pour over pears. Drizzle with butter.
- Remove ham from oven; cover with foil and let stand 30 minutes before slicing. Bake stuffing along with pears 30 minutes longer. Baste pears occasionally.


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Everyone makes mistakes with money. We don't save enough, or we spend too much on something frivolous. We sell shares in a stock too soon or not soon enough.
"But there are also financial concerns that are unique to different stages of life," says Joel Ohman, CFP and founder of InsuranceProviders.com. Avoiding them as you go along can save you a lot of stress (and money!) both now and in your next stage of life.
As you maneuver through life's ups and downs, here are the slipups to watch out for in each decade.
In your 20s: Spending more than you earn and not saving for retirement.
"It's tempting to travel the world or buy a big car so you can feel like an adult," says Jeff Reeves of InvestorPlace.com and author of "The Frugal Investor's Guide to Finding Great Stocks." "But most people in their 20s don't earn enough right out of school to afford those things. And if you can't pay for that stuff up front, you wind up taking on big debts that hold you back for a long time."
Instead, create a budget, or spending plan, based solely on your current income (excluding what you're putting into your 401(k) or IRA) and stick to it. Get used to saving for the things you want with the money you earn and avoid using credit cards except to build credit — and only if you can pay the balance off within the month.
If you're in your twenties, retirement can seem so far away. But the earlier you start socking away retirement savings, the more you'll earn with compounding interest and the more comfortable your retirement will be. See if your company has a 401(k) match (read: free money!) and make sure to contribute at least that much, says Wendy Weaver, CFP, portfolio manager at FBB Capital Partners. Have the contributions taken out automatically and you may hardly miss it. (And, if you do, you can always adjust your contribution.)
In your 30s: Combining your finances and delaying insurance.
During this decade, many women make the mistake of combining all of their income, investments and financial accounts with those of their spouse or partner. If those relationships eventually come to an end, they often end up less financially secure than they would have been if they had kept some of their finances separate, Weaver says. (That's a view supported by our contributor, and family law attorney, Margaret Klaw.)
Instead, suggests Weaver: "Keep your own checking account and deposit your income in it. Then you can share expenses out of a joint account into which you both contribute proportionally." She also recommends keeping any investment you bring into a relationship in your own name.
A second mistake those in their thirties often make is neglecting to protect themselves with insurance. They often pass up the chance to buy life insurance at a low rate and delay the purchase of disability insurance or umbrella liability insurance, says Weaver.
"If you are in good health, buying term life insurance in your thirties is dirt cheap and you can lock in low rates for 20 or 30 years," Reeves says. "If you have kids, this is a no brainer because it guarantees a big safety net but low premium payments until your children are on their own."
The same advice goes for disability insurance. According to the Life and Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE), three in ten workers will suffer a disability lasting three months or longer at some time in their career — and 90% of disabilities occur outside of work (so they're not covered by Workers' Compensation).
"Your potential to earn a paycheck over your prime working years should be protected, and the younger you sign up for these kinds of insurance policies, the lower your rate is," says Reeves.
In your 40s: Funding college accounts over retirement accounts and not saving enough.
Many people in their forties are still busy spending money on the things they want right now — vacations, cars, and new houses — and delaying building up their retirement savings. "As the old saying goes, compound interest is the most powerful force in the universe," Reeves says. Saving $500 per month for 25 years at a 5% rate of return will net you almost $300,000. The more you can save — and more importantly, the sooner you save it — makes all the difference. Besides, it's easier to come up with a little bit each month than a lot all at once after you realize you're almost 60 without any retirement savings socked away."
And if you have children, it's a good idea to set up a 529 plan to help pay for their college related expenses but not at the expense of funding retirement. Too many parents sacrifice their retirement savings in favor of college, says Weaver. Put your retirement needs first, and "do what you can to save for both."
In your 50s: Co-signing on a loan and getting too defensive with savings.
Once upon a time, when people turned about 55, most were worried about simply protecting what they had already saved, Reeves says. Now that many people are living well into their eighties and nineties, they need much more in retirement than they once did. That means simply preserving capital is not a sustainable financial strategy for people in this age group.
"Make sure you keep putting your money to work and make it grow, even in your fifties," Reeves says. While investing $300,000 in the stock market is risky, she says, "It's also risky for a 55-year-old woman with $300,000 saved up to do nothing and put that money under her mattress." Even if she could pay for food, medicine and rent on a meager $15,000 a year, her bank account would run dry after just 20 years. "So make sure you keep growing your nest egg well into your 50s and beyond."
If you have children, it can be tempting to be a co-signer to help them with big purchases they want like a car or home. But co-signing on a loan is never a good idea if your intention is simply to lend your name and credit history but not to make the payments, warns Weaver. "Only co-sign something you intend to pay."
In your 60s and beyond: Underestimating the cost of future medical expenses and overlooking your income.
Many people focus on building their retirement funds until they retire, and then stop proactively building and simply start living off those funds. But vigilant retirees can continue to maximize their retirement funds and use them to continue earning income.
"The best retirement portfolios are not just giant pots of cash you draw down every time the bills are due," Reeves says. "Rather, portfolios of income investments like dividend stocks, CDs or bonds offer monthly or quarterly distributions that can act as a paycheck of sorts in retirement as they deliver interest payments to investors. These kinds of income investments stretch your money and make it last longer, rather than force you to slowly bleed your piggy bank dry."
To do that, Reeves recommends focusing on investments that offer regular payments such as stable stocks that pay dividends, corporate investment-grade bonds and U.S. Treasury notes. "These kinds of investments are very low risk and offer a reliable 'paycheck' each month, and you don't have to sell a single share of your investments to get that cash," Reeves says. "You may not be able to cover all your living expenses, but ensuring your investments deliver a steady income stream can help you better manage your budget and stretch your money farther."
While they may have planned for regular monthly income during retirement, many women also don't consider the potential costs of future health care they may need, Ohman says. His recommendation: Incorporate future medical needs into your retirement savings plan and consider purchasing long-term care insurance. Also, keep up with important deadlines and benefits for Social Security and Medicare, as "missing deadlines can cost you," adds Weaver.


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Rangers, Del Zotto agree to termsby Staff Writer / New York Rangers
• Gilroy Returns to the Blueshirts
New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with defenseman Michael Del Zotto on a new contract.
|Rangers defenseman Michael Del Zotto, a 2008 first-round draft pick, is coming off the best of his three pro seasons having just turned 22 last June.
Del Zotto, 22, established career-highs with 10 goals and 31 assists for 41 points, along with 36 penalty minutes and a career-best, plus-20 rating in 77 games last season. He also set career-highs in blocked shots (95), shorthanded goals (one), shorthanded assists (two), shorthanded points (three), game-winning goals (two), and shots on goal (113). Del Zotto led all team defensemen in goals, assists and points, and ranked fifth on the team overall in points and power play points (14), fourth in assists, and second in power play assists (13).
The Stouffville, Ontario native reached the 10-goal/40-point marks for the first time with a career-high, three-point performance (two goals, one assist), while skating in his 200th career NHL game on March 30 against Montreal. He notched both goals in the third period of the contest to become the first Rangers defenseman to accomplish the feat since James Patrick in 1988.
Selected as the Rangers' first round choice, 20th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, Del Zotto made his playoff debut last season, finishing fourth among NHL defensemen in points (10), tied for fourth in assists (eight), sixth in goals (two), third in power play assists (three) and second in power play points (four). He tied for fourth on the team in points, third in assists, second in power play assists and second in power play points. Del Zotto notched the series-clinching goal at 10:05 of the third period, and added an assist, on May 12 in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series against Washington.
The 6-0, 195-pounder has skated in 204 career NHL games in three seasons with the Rangers, registering 21 goals and 68 assists for 89 points, along with 88 penalty minutes. Del Zotto was named to the 2010 NHL All-Rookie Team after leading all NHL rookies in power play assists (18), and finishing second in power play points (22), tied for fifth in power play goals (four) and seventh in points (37) during the 2009-10 season. He was named NHL Rookie of the Month for October that season, registering 12 points and three power play goals in 14 games.
Del Zotto notched the game-winning goal while making his NHL debut on October 3, 2009 against Ottawa to become the first teenager to tally a goal for the Rangers since Manny Malhotra in 1998-99, and the second youngest defensemen in team history to accomplish the feat behind Red Garrett.


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CMS-1490S (English) - CMS-1490S (Spanish)
Medicare will pay you directly when you complete this form and attach an itemized bill from the company where you purchased the equipment.
Block 1. Print your name shown on your Medicare Card (Last Name, First Name, Middle Name).
Block 2. Print your Medicare Number including the letter at the end exactly as it is shown on your Medicare card.
Check the appropriate box for the patient's sex.
Block 3. Furnish your mailing address and include your telephone number in Block 3b.
Block 4. Describe the condition/medical reason for which you purchased the equipment. Check the appropriate box in Blocks 4b and 4c.
Block 5a. Complete this Block if you are age 65 or older and enrolled in a health insurance plan where you are currently working.
Block 5b. Complete this Block if you are age 65 or older and enrolled in a health insurance plan where your spouse is currently working.
Block 5c. Complete this Block if you have any medical coverage other than Medicare. Be sure to provide the Policy or Medical Assistance Number. You may check the box provided if you do not wish payment information from this claim released to your other insurer.
Block 6. Be sure to sign your name. If you cannot write your name, make an (X) mark. Then have a witness sign his or her name and address in Block 6 too.
If you are completing this form for another Medicare patient you should write (By) and sign your name and address in Block 6. You also should show your relationship to the patient and briefly explain why the patient cannot sign.
Block 6b. Print the date you completed this form.
Include an itemized bill that shows all of the following information:
Each itemized bill MUST show all of the following information:
- Date of purchase for each item
- Place of purchase for each item
- Description of each item furnished
- Charge for EACH item
- Make and manufacturer of the item purchased
- HCPCS code (if available) Seat Lift Chair HCPCS code is E0627
If you live in: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, VermontReturn your form to:
NHIC, Corp.
P.O. Box 9165
Hingham, MA 02043-9165
If you live in: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, WisconsinReturn your form to:
National Government Services, Inc.
DMEPOS Operations
Medicare DMEPOS Claims
P.O. Box 7027
Indianapolis, IN 46207-7027
If you live in: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, West VirginiaReturn your form to:
CIGNA Government Services
P.O. Box 20010
Nashville, TN 37202-0010
If you live in: Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, WyomingReturn your form to:
Noridian Administrative Services
P.O. Box 6727
Fargo, ND 58108-6727
Position on a Patient's Right to Purchase Durable Medical Equipment (DME) from a Non-Medicare Company and be Reimbursed by Medicare provided Medicare Coverage Criteria and Guidelines are met
Updated: July 1, 2013
This document provides information and supporting documentation on the ability of a Medicare beneficiary to purchase Durable Medical Equipment (i.e. Seat Lift Chair) from a non- Medicare enrolled business and submit a claim to Medicare for reimbursement provided Medicare coverage criteria and guidelines have been met.
Providers of Durable Medical Equipment (DME) who are enrolled as a Medicare provider must, by law 1, submit a claim to Medicare on behalf of a Medicare beneficiary for the DME provided. Companies that sell DME and are not enrolled as a Medicare provider are not bound by the Medicare provider requirements are not required, by law, to submit a claim to Medicare on behalf of the Medicare beneficiary.
Companies that are not enrolled in the Medicare program must inform Medicare beneficiaries prior to delivery of the item that they are not enrolled as a Medicare provider and cannot bill Medicare for the item provided. This will allow the beneficiary to make an informed consumer decision on whether or not to receive the item(s) for which he or she may have to pay for "out-of-pocket."
When a company that is not enrolled in the Medicare program as an approved Medicare provider sells Durable Medical Equipment (DME) to Medicare beneficiaries, the company is required to inform the Medicare beneficiary prior to delivery of the item that they are not enrolled and cannot bill Medicare for the item provided. After the beneficiary is informed of this information and makes an informed consumer decision to purchase the item of DME from the non-enrolled company, a claim may be submitted by the beneficiary to the Medicare contractor that will process, and pay for covered services submitted by beneficiaries on a CMS-1490S Form 2.
Please be advised, we are not a Medicare Provider. If you purchase items from us that you feel are covered under under Medicare, please use the above procedures to file your claim for allowable reimbursement.


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In my final post about my switching to Emacs, a commenter, Scott, asked me, "It has been a while since you started using Emacs. I'm just curious. How is your experience so far now that you have more experience and a more complete configuration?" My reply was getting quite long, so I figured it would be best suited as a new post.
The short answer is, mostly the same since I wrote that Vim vs. Emacs (part 3). Once you use something a lot, you notice all kinds of things that could use improvements. Some of them are just minor annoyances. For example, many interactive commands in Emacs (but not all!) require you to type out "yes" instead of just "y" as a confirmation. Others are more serious, like the need for a real replacement of SuperTab from vim.
I actually didn't have much free time to work on configuring Emacs during the school year, and once the summer started, my computer died, and I've been working of an old laptop running Linux until I can get a new one. Fortunately, I had the foresight to put all my Emacs configuration online on GitHub, so it was easy to get my configuration again. I've noticed that in Linux, the Alt key (i.e., Meta) is used for other things, so it doesn't work so well in Emacs (e.g., pressing Alt without any other keys sometimes activates a menu that removes the keyboard focus, and also C-M shortcuts don't seem to work at all).
I've memorized very few keyboard shortcuts, even ones that might be useful to me (e.g., I don't remember the shortcut to jump to a matching parenthesis). Usually, if I am using some mode or something and I want to know how to do something, I just Google it, and generally find the answer within a few seconds.
There are several major configuration issues that I've yet to address, either due to lack of time or because I couldn't find a suitable solution. A SuperTab replacement is one. This is actually a big one, because scrolling through a file just to see what's there is getting older and older, as is searching just to jump to a function definition. If anyone knows of a good way to do this, please let me know. I mainly need it for Python files, but having it other modes as well would be nice. Basically, I just want something that shows me all the class and function definitions in the file, in order, that I can easily select one and jump to it.
Related to searching, searching in Emacs sucks. I'm using isearch+, which is an improvement, but it still bugs me that search does not wrap around by default. Also, for some reason, pressing delete doesn't delete the last character you typed, but the last character that it matched. That may sound minor, but I use it a lot, so it's really gotten on my nerves.
Regular expression searching in Emacs is useless. I can never get it to work (usually because of differences between () and \(\)). What I really want is an interactive, user friendly, regular expression search/search and replace tool. There's regexp-builder, but that's useless because once you build the regular expression, you have to manually copy it and paste it into the real regular expression search function to actually use it. And it doesn't work with search and replace.
This last semester I had a semester long project in C. For that, flymake-mode was a godsend. It requires a bit of manual configuration (you have to add something to your Makefile, and you have to add some stuff to .emacs as always to enable it by default), but once you do that, it just works. If you don't know what this is, basically, it highlights the compiler errors in your source in real time, as you type it. So instead of doing something stupid twenty times, and then compiling and finding them all, you do something stupid once, see the error, and don't do make the mistake any more. It's also nice to close your editor and know that your code will compile.
The Python mode I am mixed about. On the one hand, it's really awesome how smart it is about indentation. On the other hand, the syntax highlighting is just shy of what I want (granted, it's pretty good, but I want better than that). For example, I want to be able to color docstrings, single quoted strings, and double quoted strings differently. It would also be awesome to get some coloring in docstrings itself. I'm thinking markdown mode for any text that's in a docstring, except for doctests, which are colored in Python mode (or some variant).
Some things I've not really cared much about yet because I haven't used that type of file yet. For example, I'm currently writing this post in Emacs, and just now noticing the deficiencies in html-mode (e.g., I want an easy way to select text and turn it into a link, just like in the WordPress editor).
Finally, I've been trying to write my own theme. That process has been slow and slightly painful. Emacs is currently in the process of moving to themes, though, so this is to be expected. When Emacs 24 is actually released I think it will be fair to judge how well this feature works.
That's my wishlist (or most of it anyway). But there are positive things too. auto-complete-mode, which I mentioned at the top of my previous blog post, is absolutely awesome. I think this extension alone has made me more productive.
Some things I take for granted, like automatic spell checking of strings and comments in Python (not enabled by default, but not hard to configure either). Thanks to someone on an Emacs mailing list, I have the perfect automatic clearing of trailing whitespace, that automatically leaves your whitespace before the cursor in the buffer, but still writes the clear to the file (see my .emacs file from my dotfiles repo linked to above for details).
I've been hoping to learn Emacs lisp, so that I could remedy many of these problems on my own, but so far I haven't really had the free time. Lisp is a very confusing language, so it's not easy to jump into (compared to the language vim uses, which I found easy enough to hack on without knowing at all).
Ultimately, I'm quite pleased with how user friendly Emacs is, and with how easy it is to find out how to do almost anything I want just by Googling it. Configuration is an uphill battle. Emacs has a ton of great packages, many of which are included, but almost none are enabled by default. Just today I discovered Ido mode, thanks to David Li. I feel that in the long term, as I learn Emacs Lisp, I can make it do whatever I want. It provides a good baseline editing experience, and a good framework for configuring it to do whatever you want, and also enough people use it that 99% of the things you want are already done by somebody.


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As far as season openers go, FC Dallas can be happy with a 1-1 draw with in-state rival Houston to start the 2010 campaign.
Schellas Hyndman's team may have been outshot 12-9 by the Dynamo, but he did like the resiliency his club showed in the tie, especially coming from behind after Mike Chabala had put Houston ahead. FCD's Atiba Harris answered two minutes later to tie things up.
"It's probably very typical for the first game of the year," Hyndman said. "I thought there was a lot of energy from both teams. I thought it was a good game from the beginning to the end.
"I was very pleased with our play because we were down a goal to a very good team. It's not often that teams can come back and tie a game or score on Houston. They have that mentality of stepping onto you when you're down. I was very pleased with our mental attitude of coming back."
For FCD starting midfielder Dax McCarty, the final outcome was a fair result.
"If you look overall at the entire game, you could say that both teams had their chances," McCarty said. "Obviously, I think both teams kind of lacked a little bit of sharpness in the final third. It's not a loss to start the season, which is always positive. We would like to get the win but we can build off this."
McCarty added that both teams showed plenty of rust in their respective openers.
"It's certainly frustrating when you're trying to build off the momentum of last year when you're playing great," he said.
With the clubs tied 1-1 at the break, Hyndman kept his message to his team fairly simple.
"I was very positive with the boys at halftime," he said. "When you're at home, there's a lot of pressure to perform and find success. We just tried to pick it up before we went out there … and keep our composure for the second half."
After being outshot 7-3 in the opening half, FCD logged six shots, compared with Houston's five, in the final 45 minutes—something that could be attributed to the home team having the wind at their back.
"I think it really puts you back on your heels when you're trying to defend (against the wind)," Hyndman said. "It seems like the other team wins a lot of the second balls, so they get second chances. Saying that … maybe we had a better half in the second half."
However, while the end result was largely positive for FCD, there was a huge negative, too. It came in the 55th minute when center back Kyle Davies suffered a broken right arm and had to leave the field.
Davies started on Saturday because normal starter Ugo Ihemelu suffered a strained left hamstring earlier in the week and was unable to play.
Hyndman called Davies' injury a "a broken arm and dislocation at the elbow," adding that the defender will be out for "probably eight weeks."
However, the FCD coach does expect Ihemelu to return soon.
FCD goalscorer Harris did well at right midfield. Speedy Honduran Marvin Chavez had been one of FCD's top performers in that position before being sidelined by a knee injury nearly a month ago.
Harris clearly took his opportunity to impress on Saturday.
"I thought he did fine, [and] what a great goal," Hyndman said. "He's competing for every ball. He's strong. He's winning head balls. He's fighting or defending head balls. He's a good player for us."
Watch match highlights HERE.


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Two items of interest for those of you who collect Really Stupid Things People Say About Technology.
The BBC indulged Newsnight reporter Paul Mason long enough for him to float this thought our way -
We've tended to see heavy internet use as a kind of addiction, or even psychosis. But may be all those people are living richer and somehow more human lives than old those sad people who've never killed an online dragon.
Apart from the obligatory picture of what someone with a richer and more human life than you or me looks like -
- we'll leave the punchline to you, dear readers, so send your thoughts along here [mailto].
You can find the 11-minute video here (click on 'THE PEARLY GATES OF CYBERSPACE') and a two-part article based on the video here (Pt.1) and here (Pt.2).
[ WARNING: the video contains footage of a "MetaVerse Evangelist" with very bad acne. ]
Meanwhile, another landmark. We've heard what we think is the first plea for corporate welfare from a Sadville serf.
Over at The Guardian, leader writer Vic Keegan confesses that he's spent £100 on making his Sadville garden look like his real garden, and wonders if "such worlds could evolve into major economies providing employment for thousands, if not millions, of people."
A note of caution creeps in at the end.
"There is of course a danger that the company behind SL (or the others) could crash, causing hundreds of thousands to lose money and thereby generating a political furore," writes Vic.
"But I'm sure Gordon Brown has a contingency plan for that."
Over at Vulture Central, we also think Gordon Brown should compensate unlucky entrepreneurs of the equestrian arts.
We put a wedge down on the 1.20 at Kempton on a hot tip at 33/1 - and the bleeding nag hobbled in last!
Come on Gordon - pay up. ®


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The clown lessons and ape suit must have paid off for Bristol Palin.
Sarah Palin's daughter, aka "the Pistol," earned another invitation back to the ballroom floor, having escaped elimination on Tuesday's "Dancing with the Stars" despite holding the lowest score of the pack.
Even pro partner Mark Ballas said he was "surprised" that Palin's costumed shtick to the theme from the old "Monkees" TV show was enough to keep the pair alive past the halfway point on ABC's hit dance competition.
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Former "Brady Bunch" mom Florence Henderson received no such luck, and bowed out gracefully after being told that scoring a personal best from the judges on Monday wasn't good enough.
"I have been in TV for over 50 years, and I have to say in all honesty that this is one of the best-produced shows I've ever been on," Henderson said.
The 76-year-old ticked off a list of thank yous that included everyone from show judges to hosts to hair and make-up artists.
"I hope I've inspired people to get up off their behind and move and dance and live and enjoy life," she said.
Sharing the stage with Henderson and in jeopardy until the show's final moments were ex-Laker Rick Fox and Jennifer Grey, who this week relinquished the leaderboard to singer Brandy.
"It was a tough week," Grey said, alluding to her televised squabbles with pro Derek Hough during rehearsals for a fox trot judge Carrie Ann Inaba dissed as "out of sync."
The same phrase could describe "Dancing" producers' decision to pair a touching profile and performance by a family of Congolese refugees Tuesday with a trio of not-that-clever faux infomercials, including one with David "The Sledgehammer" Hasselhoff touting a "personal dance injury" law practice.
The commercials left enough time to squeeze in two Jason Derulo performances, but deny Shakira an encore after her hip-tastic rendition of "Loca."
Other stars set to lace up their dancing shoes again next week include: Disney star Kyle Massey, ex-NFLer Kurt Warner and "Hills" star Audrina Patridge.


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I don't deny we are in trouble, we just need one of any number of proper professionals to set things right AND be a proper leader with actual vision for the future. Overreacting is as bad as underreacting.
Think you're in denial. We've been the worst side in the entire league. We don't "just need" anything. If we don't change something quickly this could spiral. We deserve to have about 2 points. So far it's only luck that has stopped us being in complete crisis.
I fail that believe that the loss of solely Lukaku, as important as he was, means that we go from 15 points clear of 8th to the worst side in the league. Its stretching things pessimistically quite some way considering that we have actually signed players, half of them proven in the PL to improve the other areas of the pitch. So based on that it must be taken into account that we are at the lowest possible ebb of our form and therefore, yes we do look awful. But the other teams down there are like that every year. Theyre not going to get any better across the season. Some, if not all, like Burnley, that are doing well will get worse as the season goes on. Weve sacked a manager because he couldnt get his points across to a group of players that should be doing better. Anyone thinking that were the worst team in the league must surely not agree with sacking Koeman unless its based purely on a relative level of influence over not signing a striker?
It isnt luck to have a very good keeper that made crucial saves to help us win against Stoke and Bournemouth. Yes we werent great in either game but thats one of the reasons why we paid 30m for a really good keeper prospect to make big saves in big moments of games to help us win matches.
I think losing Lukaku was massive, yes. I also think not replacing him was massive - two force multipliers in making us shite IMO and different things. We didnt not replace only his Goals, but his threat, his strength, his pace on the break to stretch teams, his defending from corners which was oddly good. He did more for us than score and brought more than Goals to the side.Weve also lost Bolassie, Coleman and Barkley to injury with no clear idea of when theyll be back or to what level - another £90m at least of talent not currently able to be utilised. Youth, athletic ability and creativity as well as passing from the midfield.We then sold Gareth Barry, Im sure youre a fan and I dont need to tell you what he brought.And finally key players are another year older, and new players are not hitting the beats we need them to.We are the worst side in the league bar maybe palace, and they look ready to turn it round.Being completely honest - I thought sacking Koeman would do one thing which was alleviate pressure on the fans and on the players from the fans. It was time for a change and thats fine but its startling how bad we still look.
Barkley will be back or weve signed players to replace him, particularly Sigurdsson who hasnt been good or being used now. Bolasie missed all of our strong second half of the season so shouldnt be a factor in the decline. Coleman yes, obviously is a miss, but again he missed a good chunk of the second half. And no one liked Lukaku more than me so I appreciate what he brought. But that shouldnt rule out being generally competent at everything else.
The midfield is for me where we've dropped off a cliff. Granted we've lost a goal threat but we had a pretty solid team last season, bar some poor individual results which skewed the stats a little. This season we offer nothing in the middle of the park, no protection for the back four, no support to the strikers, no attempt at being progressive with the ball, no energy. We could get away with not having much threat up top as long as we were a solid team and you're always in with a chance of sneaking a goal via a set piece or a bit of good play. However teams are walking through us at will, getting to the back four with ease and the gap between DCL and the rest is too big.Barry going was a huge mistake, which says a lot when you consider his age and ability to play consecutive games but it's true. This whole season has been a succession of poor decisions.
Gana and in particular Schneiderlin were bossing it 2nd half of last season. Schneiderlin's performances in particular have fallen off a cliff but I don't think Barry would be the silver bullet he is currently being made out to be. He probably would have suffered from the awful system the previous manager was trying to employ. It's a weird situation because if you look at all the midfielders on our books we should be pretty solid.Unsworth has hell of a task to rebuild the shape of the team and the confidence of the players but he does have some decent players to use, if used correctly. IMO he should be focusing on making that midfield a solid as possible and building on that.
The year Joe Royale saved us he took over in the 14th game and we were not safe until the penultimate game of the season. We need to address our current situation very soon.
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Taking a walk on the wild side
I suppose it's the emotional equivalent of scary rides at the amusement park. Rides put you in a situation where you feel like you're in danger, but in reality, you're quite safe. (Unless you're very unlucky.) My first tanking runs were just like that. I worried that I'd fail (very disastrous for a perfectionist!), let everyone down and heck knows what else I fretted over. But in reality, I was just playing a game with my friends. They'd still love me after a few wipes in Shadow Labs. I felt like I was in emotional danger, but the worst case scenario was being affectionately teased about it for a few weeks.
Did I get anything more than amusement out of trying something outside my comfort zone? Definitely. As I worked my butt off trying to be a good tank (which I still struggle with to this day), I gained a level of understanding and attachement to my class that I never would have experienced had I stayed a pure healer. I also deepened my understanding of the game in general as I watched the mechanics from a new perspective. I became better at all my specs, including holy and ret, it helped a lot when learning to play my mage and I find it much easier to learn other classes for when I need to give advice to a guildie.
A more recent situation where I was brutally yanked out of my quiet comfort zone was during the much complained about Children's Week achievement, School of Hard Knocks. Lets go over the criteria:
Take your orphan into the battlegrounds and complete the feats listed below.
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* Assault a flag in Arathi Basin
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* Return a fallen flag in Warsong Gulch
For the reference, I'm still a healer when I pvp. A healer. Healers heal. We don't capture flags, assault nodes, returns flags. We heal. We keep people alive, even when they're being beat on by DKs and ret pallies. There's no time for other stuff! Heck, I didn't even know HOW to assault a tower in AV or return a flag in WSG. And the game expected me to do all those things in order to have that little thing flash on the bottom of my screen? (I love flashies on the bottom of my screen!) Was the game crazy? Maybe, but I totally fell for it.
I captured a flag in EotS, I grabbed the stables in AB (and I liked it so much that I then grabbed the mine, the farm and the BS). After some friends explained it to me, I assaulted a tower in AV. Returning a flag in WSG took me a few tries and was very frustrating, but after I realised that to return a flag, you don't need to get the killing blow on the flag carrier, you just need to click the flag, I discovered it was easy. Then I returned a few more flags. It was the most fun I'd had in BGs in a long, long time.
So maybe I pissed off a few people in the BGs by "not playing properly". After all, I'm supposed to keep them alive. Go ahead, ask me if I care. Non-healers get on my nerves all the time when they don't stay in range, don't rescue me when I'm getting beat on or when they think they know everything about pvp healing. I really don't feel bad about stealing their jobs for a few hours.
In the end, I had a great time and I got a few new pieces of pvp gear out of it. I also got to learn some more about the game.
Now, I'm not promoting going out and doing something completely new on a progression fight. Not sure guilds appreciate wiping over a whim. However, when the game gets too easy, when your beloved guild isn't progressing as fast as you are, or if, like me, you always need to be learning, taking a walk on the wild side can offer its share of benefits. Sometimes the things that seem the least pleasant (who likes being frustrated?) can be indeed very enjoyable in the end.
As for the other "n00bs" who were trying to get the School of Hard Knocks achievement last May and, in the process, "breaking the BGs", I hope their experience was similar to mine. Exciting and shedding light on a side of the game they don't usually get to see.Explore posts in the same categories: Teh paladin


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The evolution of the Jockstrap
To celebrate Darwin day I found this brief history of the evolution of the Jockstrap on Jockstrap Central. Enjoy.
In researching this article we found two different inventors of the jock strap, the first being Parvo Nakacheker of Finland.
This gentleman, apparently an athlete from Finland, claims to have done much of the pioneer work in developing the original athletic supporter and "devoted much time to the study of pure anatomy and the special demands of such an item."
The second and seemingly most likely being the BIKE Web Company; who in 1874 invented the athletic supporter, quickly becoming known as the" BIKE Jockey Strap." due to the fact that it was designed originally to support and protect the genitals of the bicycle jockeys who rode the cobbled streets of Boston at that time, over the years it has come to be known more commonly as the jockstrap.
Laying claim to the first hard cup supporter is Canadian company Guelph Elastic Hosiery from Guelph, Ontario. Although founded by Joe Cartledge, it was one of his two sons, Jack who being a "jock" developed the hard cup supporter and filed a patent for it in 1927.
Interestingly, one version of the jockstrap, sold in 1900 was the Heidelberg Electric Belt, a sort of low-voltage jockstrap claiming to be a cure for impotence, kidney disorders, insomnia, and many other complaints….. (The mind boggles!)
Athletic jockstraps traditionally come in two styles; with a 1 inch… waistband (swimmer style) or 3 inch waistband. Our Safe-T-Gard line has a knit elasticized pouch; this helps to control unwanted movement and also to create a snug comfortable fit. Attached to the bottom of the pouch are two straps which pass between the legs, split across the lower buttocks then up the sides to join the waistband, helping to hold the pouch down and in place.
There is also now a thong style jockstrap, similar to the athletic type, but only having one strap attached to the bottom of the pouch, this passes under the crotch, up through the centre of the buttocks attaching to the waistband at the middle of the back. Yes men, thong's are not just for ladies anymore! (To the uninitiated, a thong does take some getting used to).
Other types of jockstrap include the slingshot, this doesn't have any straps attached to the bottom of the pouch, and relies on the testicles to hold it in place…. Not much good in cold climates (think shrinkage), or for active sports as it wouldn't take too much activity to come uncovered. There are also suspensories, similar to the jockstrap in a lot of ways with one main exception; above the pouch that holds the testicles is a hole which you place your penis through so that it hangs free from the constriction of the pouch, just be careful to control your thoughts and um…actions when in public! This could be quite embarrassing.
Fashion jockstraps come in numerous waistband widths, and the pouches made from a variety of fabrics, anything from a fishnet type weave (which does not leave a lot to the imagination…..) to slinky fabrics such as Silk, Rayon and Lycra.
It's also rumored that the sports Bra for Women was originally conceived by an inventor who joined two Jock straps together.
Returning to the basic Jockstrap (if there is such a thing!), they also come in hard and soft cup varieties, a hard cup is to add protection when playing Ball and contact sports. In most cases the hard cup is an insert that sits in a double walled pouch.
BIKE has now gone on to sell over 300 million of them, and now has several rivals in the business, including Safe-T-Gard and Champion, who sell the traditional "athletic supporter," and other Companies such as N2N Bodywear, Go Softwear, J.M. and Zakk, who produce men's jockstraps as a fashionable and fun clothing.
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The Problem With Those Rumors of an AMD Buyout
It all seems so simple. At chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices, a sudden and unexpected sweeping away of management–starting with CEO Dirk Meyer, followed within weeks by COO Robert Rivet and Marty Seyer, senior VP for corporate strategy–has left the company looking disorganized and vulnerable, the thinking goes.
And while a search for Meyer's replacement is underway, I'm told it could easily extend into the summer.
It didn't take long for rumors about "takeover chatter" concerning AMD to emerge, and briefly yesterday, Dell was mentioned as a possible buyer. AMD shares traded up 4 percent for part of the day but closed down 3 cents during the regular session. Dell more or less shot down the rumor. During its earnings conference call, CEO Michael Dell, answering a question on acquisitions, said, "…we're looking for relatively smaller sized ingredient acquisitions where we can leverage them with our substantial customer access and distribution." With AMD currently trading at a valuation north of $6 billion with about $2.2 billion in long-term debt, it's not the kind of target that would qualify as "smaller sized."
There will always be rumors of this sort about the perennial number two in the PC microprocessor business. Those who trade on them don't get something fundamental about AMD: That it would be a complicated company to buy and to own.
Any deal to acquire AMD will necessarily include a third party: Intel. For decades Intel and AMD have operated under a series of patent cross-license agreements that give AMD access to the crown jewels of Intel's intellectual property, including the x86 instruction set. These patents are on the technology that make a PC a PC, and they are fundamental to the success, or failure, of both companies.
When AMD first sought to spin off its manufacturing operations into the company that became GlobalFoundries, Intel asserted that AMD couldn't assign access to these patents to a third party without its say-so. This dispute ultimately got the two companies talking and resulted in what I like to call the Treaty of Maui, the settlement of a sweeping antitrust dispute in 2009, a story I reported at the time for BusinessWeek.
There are, however, some limits governing Intel's conduct in this scenario. When it settled an antitrust case against it last year, Intel agreed to hold off on suing any company that buys one of its competitors for a year, in order to hold "good faith negotiations" over the terms of that patent cross-license agreement. What this all means is that any company that first concludes a deal to buy AMD will then have to pivot and face the possibility of lengthy negotiations with Intel that could, if not successful, end in a costly and distracting patent lawsuit.
Intel may turn out to be willing to play ball, and cut a reasonable deal with any new owner, but the fact remains that every so often the cross-license arrangement has to be renewed. And that's not to say a determined buyer couldn't ultimately cut through all this and get a deal done. Dell has $15 billion in cash and could conceivably get a deal done, and being an AMD customer could arguably benefit from owning AMD over the long term, but it has signaled that it's not interested, and probably never was in the first place.
There are other considerations: AMD is 20 percent owned by the Mubadala Development Company, the investment arm of the Arab Emirate of Abu Dhabi, which changes the potential deal dynamic a bit. Then there's the big question concerning the wisdom of competing with Intel. As AMD's prior CEOs will tell you, simply grappling with Intel in the marketplace is a dangerous, thankless job.
But the complication of the Intel cross-license agreement alone should be enough to give any company mulling an AMD buyout serious pause. At the same time it should serve as food for thought for anyone wanting to trade on the latest AMD buyout rumor. This surely is not the last.


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The doors opened today in Frankfurt, Germany for the 64th International Motor Show and the halo car of the Chevrolet brand is well represented. Celebrating its 100 year anniversary, Chevy's display offers a glimpse of past, present and future models in the Chevrolet lineup.
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Like the SEMA show last November, a real Corvette engine will be assembled during the press days to showcase the Corvette Engine Build Experience.
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One of the more interesting differences I have found in the marketing of Chevrolet domestically compared to Chevrolet Europe is the tag line. I guess Chevy's don't run deep across the pond, so in Europe that tag line is changed to "Make It Happen"!
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[PICS] 2011 Corvettes at the Detroit Auto Show
[PICS] An American in Paris: The Corvette C6.R at the Paris Motor Show
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